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The following table gives the main items of the Budget for 1921 : —
Rev
Gold pesos
Pajer pesos
• export dues (65
Customs and bond .
50,000,000
million quintals) .
101,075,000
Surcharge of 50 per cent. .
25,000,000
Iodine and borax, export
Dues ou portal packets
2,500,000
due*
1,500,000
Despatch of cases
2,000,000
Consular dues
3,000,000
Stamp tax ....
18,000,000
Treasury reTenue
2,000,000
Posts and telegraphs
12,800,000
Interest on Municipal loana
1,407,000
Tobacco Ux
9,000,000
New tobacco tax
0,000,000
Wine, beer and spirits tax
7,000,000
Property tax
20,000,000
Death duties
2,000,000
New death dnties
1.600,000
Bank tax ....
2,500,000
Drainage contribution
2,000,000
. Insurance companies' tax
1,000,000
- Rent of land in Tierra del
Fuego ....
1,400,000
Charter of ships
1,000,000
Mint revenue
2,500,000
Drinking water contribu-
tion ....
6,266,900
Arica-La Paz Railway
6,299,000
Treasury reTeuue
Total (including all
7,000,000
Total (including all
items)
110,432,000 •
items)
189,765,900
Particulars as to main items of expenditure are as follows :-
Departments . Paper pesos ; Gold pesos Departments Paper pesos Gold pesos
Interior 73.224.S16
Foreign Relations,
etc . 2,759.933
Justice 12.306,275
Public Instruction 46.414,388 Treasury War .
176,73-2
2,0S5,759
239,560 35,437,212 j 48,648,192 61,909,887 3*6,162
Navy. Industry and
Public Works Railways .
Total (all items)
32,497,738 4,032.045
21.870,265
BS.MS
1,833
281,607,869 49,154,835
On December 31, 1920, the foreign debt amounted to 29,675,080 and the internal debt to 59,794,092 pesos.
On December 31, 1919, the value of the 9,770 national properties was 346.894,889 pesos currency.
Defence.
The Chilian Army is a national militia in which ail able-bodied citizens are obliged to serve. Liability extends from the 18th to the 45th year, inclusive. Recruits are called up in their 20th year, and sre trained for one year. Afterwards they serve for 9 years in the reserve of the active army, after which they belong till the completion of their 45th vear to the second reserve. The latter is organised as a second-line army.
Chile is divided into 4 zones or military districts, each of which
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